Letter from William Croswell to Charles Stimpson, 1832 October 16

Two drafts of a brief letter regarding the sale of Croswell's map.

Letter from William Croswell to [Dr. Channing], 1832 October 19

Draft of a letter concerning housing problems.

Letter from William Croswell to the Friends of Literary Undertakings, 1832 November 2

Document containing a draft of a letter regarding Croswell's work on cubic equations and notes for some additional letters.

Letter from William Croswell to an unidentified recipient, [ca. 1832]

Draft of a letter regarding Croswell's work on cubic equations.

Financial bills and receipts, 1827-1832

This folder contains five bills and receipts.

A Theme, being the Employment of some Leisure time Nov'r 14 1759 pr Jeremiah Belknap, 1759 November 14

Handwritten composition on two attached notebook pages titled "The Generous man is a blessing to all mankind" composed by Jeremy Belknap and organized as paragraphs labeled: "Proposition," "Reason," Similitude," "Example," "Testimony," and "Conclusion."

[Admittatur of William Clark (Harvard AB 1759)], 1756

Notebook with a handwritten copy of the 1734 College laws in English prepared by Harvard undergraduate William Clark and signed by President Edward Holyoke, Tutors Belcher Hancock and Thomas Marsh, and William Symmes and William Kneeland on January 3, 1756.

Annotated almanac, 1759

Almanac containing a laid-in leaf and calendar pages with sporadic annotations of measurements, a note of the printer's markings on Winthrop and his wife's watches (January). The laid-in leaf includes personal entries about a measles outbreak (January), the death of his "negro man George" (May 13), the presence of bears in the area (September), the surrender of Quebec (October 16), the heights of Winthrop's son Jemmy and a "new negro boy" named Scipio, and deaths in the community including the burial and baptism statistics for Boston.

Annotated almanac, 1759

Almanac with three notations scattered among the calendar pages and one laid-in leaf containing entries about the weather, a list of deaths in the community arranged by date and containing names, age, and cause, a measles outbreak (January 5), an earthquake (February 2), and a bill of mortality for the first parish of Cambridge. Most entries appear to be in the hand of Hannah Winthrop; part of the list of deaths in the community and the bill of mortality appear to be in John Winthrop's hand.

Letter from Sarah King to Loammi Baldwin, 1836 May 28

One-page handwritten letter from Sarah King requesting time to speak with Baldwin.